Fogbow

IMO "Caligula" is not 'good' but not 'terrible'. Maybe 3 out of 10?

The production values were quite good, and the (non-porn) acting was good if you block out Peter O'Toole. The script was OK, not great, but was really screwed by the director and the money men. It certainly suffered by the intent of Guccione to make a 'main-stream' porno. Take out the heavy porno and it would be a much better (but still not good) movie.

Malcolm McDowell put in a fairly typical performance for him and just had overly wicked fun. Helen Mirren (who can do no wrong in my opinion) played it fairly straight and made the most of her badly written part. John Gielgud was late in his career, badly in need of money and just phoned in his part. Peter O'Toole was, as I understand it, completely and thoroughly shitfaced drunk from beginning to end - and it shows.

Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Waterworld was worse.

keith wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 10:53 pm Helen Mirren (who can do no wrong in my opinion) played it fairly straight and made the most of her badly written part.

Huh, Helena Bonham Carter could beat Helen Mirren in whatever the acting equivalent of a mud-wrestling match is!

Srsly, yes, Mirren is wonderful and one of those actors ‒ as is the blessed Helena ‒ who improves every production she acts in.

keith wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:32 am

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Waterworld was worse.

Thankfully I never watched that one.

keith wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:32 am

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Waterworld was worse.

The post man lost a lot of what was central to Brinn’s novel and what it was saying about US infatuation with “survivalists” and would be authoritarians.

For many years, I just prayed that I would live long enough to go to a movie where none of the animals talked.

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:21 am For many years, I just prayed that I would live long enough to go to a movie where none of the animals talked.

Born Free?

keith wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:32 am

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Waterworld was worse.

Dennis Hopper makes that movie worth watching...

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 3:11 pm Dennis Hopper makes that movie worth watching...

Even he couldn't save Super Mario Bros though. Now THERE was a freaking terrible movie.

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Glad it wasn't just me.

FYI, The Thing With Two Heads is on Svengoolie tonight. Ray Milland and Rosie Grier are the heads. Despite the ridiculous plot, It’s actually a pretty good commentary on racism.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 6:19 pm

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Glad it wasn't just me.

I think it was overhyped and went WAAAAAY too much into "the Indians are all good and pure and wonderful" trope, but it was a decent movie when i saw it... once, 30 odd years ago.

I preferred "Little Big Man," Dustin Hoffman's movie.

Suranis wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:35 am

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 6:19 pm

Chilidog wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 12:13 am Dances with wolves totally sucks.

Glad it wasn't just me.

I preferred "Little Big Man," Dustin Hoffman's movie.

YES!!!!!!!! "Counting coup!"

Ah yes, Dances with Wolves. Where I learned to mostly loathe Kevin Costner's limited skills as an actor. The only thing which made the 3 hour movie okay is that we 6 person college aged crew smuggled in a couple cases of bottled beer in with our trench coats (It was winter) and then the empties clattering around on the cement floor. Other than that, I don't remember the movie.

Oh yes, I remember those days, but with cans. “Cough” *pop* “cough.”

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 12:05 pm Ah yes, Dances with Wolves. Where I learned to mostly loathe Kevin Costner's limited skills as an actor. The only thing which made the 3 hour movie okay is that we 6 person college aged crew smuggled in a couple cases of bottled beer in with our trench coats (It was winter) and then the empties clattering around on the cement floor. Other than that, I don't remember the movie.

The first five to ten minutes were ludicrous, and it went downhill. You didn't miss a thing.